Hello Families,
It was an awesome week with the BE BRAVE Hitmen Hockey Game being a major highlight! About half of our class had never been to the Saddledome before so it a really fun and unique experience. Throughout the game they had lots of guest speakers talking about the importance of being an ally and standing up against bullying. Additionally, the concourse had lots of giveaways and freebies like photo booths, stickers, mascots, etc.
Before the game, we talked about what it means to debate a topic, and use convincing arguments to persuade your audience. We had a couple of mini debates in class to practice this thinking style. Our two questions were:
1. Should we always have 5 day weekends?
2. Should boo-ing be allowed in professional sports?
Students generated interesting and creative reasons to support their perspectives from both sides. Debating is also a great way to practice listening and responding to others when they have opinions that may differ from yours.
We are continuing to learn about fractions and place fractions on a number line by changing the numerator and using the denominator as a guide to create equal sections. As we move forward we will look at equivalent fractions.
We are also preparing to support Ms. Kassam and Mrs. Bouchard's classes with their sharing assembly in March as they are speaking to the Artist in Residence project we completed about celebrations in India, Tunisia, Ukraine, Peru, and Alberta. We look forward to sharing this work with you during March Conferences.
Ms. Mia our student teacher started on February 14th and will be joining us for 8 weeks, and eventually teaching 100% of the time. I will post an introduction from her next week.
Take care,
Ms. Brown
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